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Avington, Berkshire

Field	Value
type	Village
official_name	Avington
static_image_name	St Mark and St Luke, Avington- August 2013 (geograph 3600618).jpg
static_image_caption	Parish church of SS Mark and Luke
os_grid_reference	SU3768
coordinates
civil_parish	Kintbury
unitary_england	West Berkshire
lieutenancy_england	Berkshire
region	South East England
country	England
constituency_westminster	Newbury
post_town	Hungerford
postcode_district	RG17 0
postcode_area	RG
dial_code	01488

Avington is a village in the civil parish of Kintbury, in the West Berkshire district of Berkshire, England. The village is on the River Kennet, just under 1 mi northwest of Kintbury village and 2 mi east of the town of Hungerford. The Kennet and Avon Canal follows the river and passes the village.

Toponym

The toponym is derived from Old English and means "the enclosure (tūn) of Afas people". The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Avintone and a pipe roll from 1167 records it as Avintona.

Administrative history

Avington was an ancient parish. The parish was abolished in 1934 and its area absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Kintbury. At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Avington had a population of 77.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saints Mark and Luke is an 11th-century Norman building. It consists of only a nave, chancel and late 19th-century north transept. The font is a notable piece of Romanesque sculpture and may be Saxon. The south doorway is a Norman arch. The chancel has Norman vaulting and a Norman arch, both with "beakhead" ornament. A few early Gothic additions to the church were made in the 13th century, including two doorways and a "low-side" window. The church is a Grade I listed building.

References

Bibliography

References

{{harvnb. Ekwall. 1960
"Relationships and changes Avington AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"Population statistics Avington AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
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